Aircraft: Blenheim Bomber Mk IV; Serial Number: V5863; Operation: Wander Patrol; Squadron Code: TR-X. Take Off Time from the Base at Detling: 02.26 hrs. The crew were all killed after they became entangled with a barrage balloon cable on the return from a patrol to the coast of Holland and ditched off Dover, Kent. John’s body was the only one to be recovered, his crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.